That I don't know. I do know that they tolled the hours - as they still do! Good question, Linda. Does anyone know if the bells tolled to let the City know that the conspirators had met their demise?
I know in England, when someone went to Tyburn Hill, they fired a cannon and ran up a black flag to signify that the condemned had met their fate.
"The Past is a foreign country...they do things differently there" - L. P. Hartley